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UPS’ entry could raise interest in flat-rate parcel shipping
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 4237736" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-entry-could-raise-interest-in-flat-rate-parcel-shipping" target="_blank"><strong>UPS’ entry could raise interest in flat-rate parcel shipping - Freight Waves</strong></a></p><p></p><p>In a complex parcel shipping world, simple is good. Hence the concept of a shipper cramming 50 or 70 pounds of stuff into a box and paying one rate no matter its contents, its origin or its destination.</p><p></p><p>So it was in 2004 when the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), 13 years after launching flat-rate pricing for its envelopes, expanded the program to cover boxes shipped via its Priority Mail one- to three-day delivery service. In 2013, FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) followed suit with its “OneRate” flat-rate pricing program.</p><p></p><p>One company had always been conspicuous by its absence — until late September. Under the radar, UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) brought its own program, called “Simple Rate,” into the game. Typically, FedEx and UPS do everything almost in unison. In this case, however, six years elapsed between the respective rollouts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 4237736, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-entry-could-raise-interest-in-flat-rate-parcel-shipping'][B]UPS’ entry could raise interest in flat-rate parcel shipping - Freight Waves[/B][/URL] In a complex parcel shipping world, simple is good. Hence the concept of a shipper cramming 50 or 70 pounds of stuff into a box and paying one rate no matter its contents, its origin or its destination. So it was in 2004 when the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), 13 years after launching flat-rate pricing for its envelopes, expanded the program to cover boxes shipped via its Priority Mail one- to three-day delivery service. In 2013, FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) followed suit with its “OneRate” flat-rate pricing program. One company had always been conspicuous by its absence — until late September. Under the radar, UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) brought its own program, called “Simple Rate,” into the game. Typically, FedEx and UPS do everything almost in unison. In this case, however, six years elapsed between the respective rollouts. [/QUOTE]
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